computer building? was[rescue] Noise levels

[Kris Kirby]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Gary Nichols wrote:
> I cannot (repeat) CANNOT work for more than an hour under flourescent
> lighting.  I get bad headaches because I'm one of those freaks of nature
> that can actually see the shimmering.  Sitting in my office at work is
> like a bad acid trip sometimes.  I've been this way all my life.  I
> thought other people could see them too and just thought "well, I guess
> they are supposed to work that way".  Needless to say I leave my office
> for about 10 mins every hour just to rest my eyes.

Me and ORK[-1] went around on this. I pushed the monitor to 85Hz, and they
told me not to `because we've lost a few monitors doing that.' Obviously
they haven't tried to drive a fixed-frequency monitor with a PC before
either. When the monitor starts whining, it's time to check things out.

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